Updates on food and feed mycotoxin contamination and safety in Africa with special reference to Nigeria

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第一作者： Imade, Francis

作者： Imade, Francis;Ankwasa, Edgar Mugizi;Geng, Hairong;Ullah, Sana;Ahmad, Tanvir;Wang, Gang;Zhang, Chenxi;Xing, Fuguo;Liu, Yang;Imade, Francis;Dada, Oyeyemi;Zheng, Yongquan;Liu, Yang

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关键词： Mycotoxin; contamination; international trade; agricultural commodities

期刊名称：MYCOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON FUNGAL BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.2； ）

ISSN： 2150-1203

年卷期： 2021 年 12 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Mycotoxin contamination of food and feed is a major concern in sub-Sahara African countries, particularly Nigeria. It represents a significant limit to health of human, livestock as well as the international trade. Aflatoxins, fumonisins, ochratoxin, zearalenone, deoxynivalenol and beauvericin are the major mycotoxins recognised in the aetiology of food safety challenges that precipitated countless number of diseases. In Nigeria, aflatoxins and fumonisin found in nearly all crops are the most common mycotoxins of economic and health importance such as sorghum, maize and groundnuts. Thus, consumption of food contaminated with mycotoxins are inevitable, hence the need for adequate regulation is necessary in these frontier economies as done in many developed economies to ensure food safety for human and animals. In low and middle-income countries, especially Nigeria, there is lack of awareness and sufficient information on the risk associated with consequent of mycotoxin contamination on wellbeing of human, animals health and the economy. It is based on the foregoing that this paper summarized the status of mycotoxin present in Nigerian food and feeds relative to the global regulatory standards. This aimed at preventing consuming mycotoxin contaminated food stuff while confronting its associated challenges. Suggestions on some possible control strategies to mitigate vending mycotoxin food and feeds were made.

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